It was a flood of this river, as well as his non-existence, that prevented the Nestorian king-priest Prester John from capturing Jerusalem from the Saracens according to the medieval legend about him. The Ilisu Dam is a controversial project proposed to be built on this river at the border of Sirnak and Mardin provinces. If constructed, it would flood the archaeological si
It was a flood of this river, as well as his non-existence, that prevented the Nestorian king-priest Prester John from capturing Jerusalem from the Saracens according to the medieval legend about him. The Ilisu Dam is a controversial project proposed to be built on this river at the border of Sirnak and Mardin provinces. If constructed, it would flood the archaeological site at Hasankeyf, an ancient ford of this river. The low-lying flats of this river nourish the stupendous watermelons of Diyarbakir. Saddam Hussein's hometown is named after this river, and the ancient capitals of Seleucia and Ctesiphon are built on opposite sides of this river, 35 kilometers south of the modern capital of Baghdad. For ten points, name the eastern one of the rivers that define Mesopotamia, which forms the Shatt-al-Arab when it joins the Euphrates.
It was a flood of this river, as well as his non-existence, that prevented the Nestorian king-priest Prester John from capturing Jerusalem from the Saracens according to the medieval legend about him.
{Tigris} River